Vista Ultimate to Home

Okay, this is probably going to sound stupid but I have to ask.

I was given Vista Ultimate a few weeks ago but my Laptop can only handle
Home, is there anyway I can set it to install a chopped Ultimate or the Home
version?

Thanks in advance

How do you know your laptop can only handle Home
Run this program..
'Download details: Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/t...displayLang=en
I don't know about an abbreviated version of the OS

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You didn't list your system specs in the lower left hand corner. If yo
have a notebook, bumping up the memory can help bring you to the nex
level (if that's an issue with MS Adviser). With desktop, you can bum
up memory, video card, etc

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Hi,

It's not the disk, it's the product key that determines which version gets
installed. Overhead for Home Premium and Ultimate are pretty much the same,
so if your laptop can't handle one it's unlikely that it will handle the
other.

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"Henry Hicks" <> wrote in message
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> Okay, this is probably going to sound stupid but I have to ask.
>
> I was given Vista Ultimate a few weeks ago but my Laptop can only handle
> Home, is there anyway I can set it to install a chopped Ultimate or the
> Home version?
>
> Thanks in advance

Thanks for the reply, I used the upgrade advisor to determine if it would
run, I said that Home premium would run all features but due to memory and
video that Ultimate would not. I know it's the Key that determines which is
installed but I only have the Ultimate key.

Thanks
Henry

"lemur" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> How do you know your laptop can only handle Home?
> Run this program...
> 'Download details: Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor'
> (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/t...displayLang=en)
> I don't know about an abbreviated version of the OS.
>
>
> --
> lemur
>
> ::If *ANYONE* in this forum helps you, please click on
> their *REP* icon. Thanks! (the middle scale icon in the upper right
> corner)::

Oh, and sorry for the delay in getting back to you, my wife took over my
computer and I had to beg her to let me have it back.

"lemur" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> How do you know your laptop can only handle Home?
> Run this program...
> 'Download details: Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor'
> (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/t...displayLang=en)
> I don't know about an abbreviated version of the OS.
>
>
> --
> lemur
>
> ::If *ANYONE* in this forum helps you, please click on
> their *REP* icon. Thanks! (the middle scale icon in the upper right
> corner)::

Edit last, "It said for I said"
"Henry Hicks" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply, I used the upgrade advisor to determine if it would
> run, I said that Home premium would run all features but due to memory and
> video that Ultimate would not. I know it's the Key that determines which
> is installed but I only have the Ultimate key.
>
> Thanks
> Henry
>
> "lemur" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> How do you know your laptop can only handle Home?
>> Run this program...
>> 'Download details: Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor'
>> (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/t...displayLang=en)
>> I don't know about an abbreviated version of the OS.
>>
>>
>> --
>> lemur
>>
>> ::If *ANYONE* in this forum helps you, please click on
>> their *REP* icon. Thanks! (the middle scale icon in the upper right
>> corner)::
>

Just don't install the parts of Ultimate that the laptop can't handle. For
example you need a minimum amount of video ram to run the Ultimate Extra
called Dream Scene, which gives you a video as your desktop background. I
stopped using that anyway on my Vista Ultimate.

"Henry Hicks" <> wrote in message
news:1EF54D6F-DF2B-4DA5-927E-...
> Okay, this is probably going to sound stupid but I have to ask.
>
> I was given Vista Ultimate a few weeks ago but my Laptop can only handle
> Home, is there anyway I can set it to install a chopped Ultimate or the
> Home version?
>
> Thanks in advance

On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:00:45 -0700, "Henry Hicks" <>
wrote:

> Okay, this is probably going to sound stupid but I have to ask.
>
> I was given Vista Ultimate a few weeks ago but my Laptop can only handle
> Home,


No way is that correct. Please explain why you think that's so.



> is there anyway I can set it to install a chopped Ultimate or the Home
> version?
>
> Thanks in advance

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Am thinking that an advisor was run that "recommended" Home Premium as
opposed to Ultimate.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:00:45 -0700, "Henry Hicks" <>
> wrote:
>
>> Okay, this is probably going to sound stupid but I have to ask.
>>
>> I was given Vista Ultimate a few weeks ago but my Laptop can only handle
>> Home,
>
>
> No way is that correct. Please explain why you think that's so.
>
>
>
>> is there anyway I can set it to install a chopped Ultimate or the Home
>> version?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup